Building Radio-Bridges South-North 23

School coop and radio camp with teenage pupils

at MNS Scharnstein in Almtal with Radio B138, at Siabuwa HS in Binga district and at Sinazongwe Secondary/ Press Club with ZongweFM

As a response to an exchange of pictures from input session with the pupils at the various locations and the audio introduction by the Binga radio group, the ZongweFM Press Club in Sinazongwe Zambia shared the video message presented here to greet their pals in Binga Zimbabwe and in Almtal Upper Austria.

Zongwe FM is a community radio station in Sinazongwe, Southern Province of Zambia. ZongweFM strives to offer a bridge of communication between the Tonga communities North and South of the Zambezi and Kariba Lake.

A brief project description:

Time frame:  May – June 2023; radio camp live June 22^nd

Audio letters from Almtal in Upper Austria to the Zambezi Valley and retour between teenage pupils (12 – 14 years-old) of cooperating schools in Almtal Austria, Sinazongwe Zambia and Binga Zimbabwe.

Content of letters:

hows life in Almtal / Zambezi Valley? ...and at school? How do you say … in ChiTonga…/ in Austria we say...? We’ve heard this about history/ Tonga / Zambezi Valley / music/ Zongwe FM; can you tell me (more) about...? is there a special music or cultural tradition in your area? How about chores for boys and girls? Do they differ? Hows climate change affecting you…? Here in Austria… What are your hopes for the future…? And your fears...? whats up…?

Media:

some learning input e.g. integrated in regular lessons or workshops with group of interested pupils; e.g. including excerpts of archived audio (see playlists) and collected “favourite sounds”; a correspondence of pupils via whatsapp. voice notes moderated by teachers/ radio moderators; live radio shows at Radio B138 and Zongwe FM potentially with direct on-air contact (22^nd June see below)

Background:

The school coop with radio camp forms part of a small project and cultural exchange between Upper Austria and the Zambezi Valley based on an ongoing history of cooperation and exchanges going back to the 1980s. This history has left extensive audio, video and radio traces in online archives. This is the point to start from in the input given to the teenagers.

Aims:

The initiating partner organisations would wish for the relationship and cultural exchange to continue afresh with young generations to come both in Upper Austria and the Zambezi Valley.

Playlists:

1. a special project playlist “Zambezi Valley” based on older archived audio resources (2012-18) was produced especially for pupils and participants in the North to start listening South and “tune-in” [i.e. the present playlist] https://archive.org/details/audio-letters-btw-UpperAustria-and-ZambeziValley

2. before the audio correspondence begins all participants will introduce themselves in Audio with their name and a favourite sound in their area/ environment. Resulting playlists of favourite sounds will be shared online

see https://archive.org/details/Binga-Sounds-Building-Radio-Bridges-South-North-23

Coop Partners

Free Radios in Austria and particularly Radio B138 and RadioFro

Austria Zimbabwe Friendship Association, Linz

radio continental drift

Zongwe FM Community Radio Sinazongwe

school in Austria: MNS Scharnstein in Almtal

school in Zambia: Press Club, Sinazongwe Primary/ Secondary School

school in Zimbabwe: Siabuwa High School Binga

Kunzwana Trust, Harare

Mokoomba, Simonga, Maliko

Time’s Up, Linz

Kulturverein Mühldorf Scharnstein@ Schönau 8, tbc

Listen to a podcast intro about the project "Building Radio Bridged South-North" broadcast by Radio B138 in Upper Austria: https://cba.fro.at/622717

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